Elnora Husmann age 90, died Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness

Funeral services will be held 10:00 Wednesday morning, July 8, 2020 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church rural Monticello with interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery.   Friends may call from 4 until 7 Tuesday  July 7, 2020 at the Goettsch Funeral Home.   Please sign the online guest book at Goettschonline.com. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.   Mask must be worn and fitted properly over the nose and mouth at all times to enter the funeral home or the church.  Social distancing needs to be practiced as well.

Surviving are 4 children, Rick (Jayne Iben) Husmann, Monticello, Connie (Roger) Pegorick, Wyoming, Carole Claeys, Keystone,John (Lori) Husmann, North Liberty,5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, and siblings, Annetta Schirm, John (Kathy) Tholen, Herb (Betty) Tholen.   She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert, a son Robert John, a granddaughter, Brooke, her son-in-law Rick Claeys, and siblings, Dorothea Ede, Bernard Tholen, Harold Tholen and Patty Jennings.

Elnora Marie Tholen was born June 7, 1930 near Anamosa. She was the daughter of Ben and Anni Moenck, Tholen. She received her education in the Tipton schools graduating with the class of 1948.  Elnora worked as a telephone operator for several years.   She married Robert Husmann on January 2, 1955 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church.  The couple farmed near Scotch Grove where they raised their 4 children.  After the children were grown, Elnora went to work at Farmstead Builders in Monticello.   She was a clerk and bookkeeper there for over 20 years.   She worked part-time as a bartender at the North Side in Monticello and the LyBrary in Center Junction.  She was a member of the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church and enjoyed working at the Harvest Festival every fall.